Welcome to Business Focus Antigua
Business Focus Antigua & Barbuda is a product of Regional Publications Ltd. It is compiled by the professional team which also produces the Antigua & Barbuda Yellow Pages, and Paradise Antigua & Barbuda. Other publications throughout the region include Business Focus Saint Lucia, Explore Guyana, Paradise Saint Lucia.
Current Issue
ADOMS: the flag of the experienced!
As 2011 comes to a close and we enter 2012, the forecast for the world economy continues to be news of job cuts and hints of a "double dip" recession. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) is forecasting that the world economy is on the verge of a new "job recession".
Labour Commissioner Hesketh Williams admits that though grim, the ILO analysis is a reality for many economies, including those of small island developing states like Antigua & Barbuda. He suggests that the only way out is by attracting foreign direct investment. However, as a people we have to invest in ourselves, supporting the call from the Ministry of Agriculture to "buy local", is one way of doing so. The Jamaica Manufacturers' Association (JMA) has reported successes from their "Buy Jamaican...Build Jamaica" Campaign. That island recognised that establishing and maintaining a strong local market is critical to the economy of the nation.
Also in this issue:
- Value Over Cost
- Caribbean governments need to reduce public debt
- New Leadership Competencies
- Diabetes - A Serious Condition
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Standford Financial Group
Houston-based Stanford Financial, an investment firm run by R. Allen Stanford that claims to have more than $50 billion in assets, is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulators. They're taking a hard look at the CDs sold by Stanford Financial, which boast interest rates double the market average.
Stanford was the first American to be knighted by that Commonwealth nation and was presented with the honor by the then Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda, Sir James Carlisle.
LIAT, Pilots’ Union Finalise Items For Arbitration by Observer News
Regional airline LIAT and the Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association (LIALPA) have finalised the matters which will go before arbitration in an attempt to reach agreement on outstanding labour and contractual issues.
A release from the airline said both sides settled on the items that will be addressed by the arbitration panel during a meeting yesterday at the Barbados Workers Union’s headquarters. It did not state what those matters would be.
Telephone # for daily voice reports from Antigua Barbuda Metrological Office 1-268-463-4638
Antigua & Barbuda Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ltd
PO Box 774, Corner of Popeshead Street and North Street
St John's
Antigua & Barbuda
International Offices
Antigua and Barbuda Department of Tourism and Trade
25 S.E. 2nd Avenue, Suite 300
Miami, FL 33131
Tel: 305-381-6762
Fax: 305-381-7908
email: cganuear@bellsouth.net
Antigua and Barbuda Tourist Office
3 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
305 E. 47th Street - 6A
New York, NY. 10017
Tel: 212 541 4117 or 888 268 4227
Direct: 646 215 6035
Fax: 212 541 4789
Email: info@antigua-barbuda.org
Embassy of Antigua and Barbuda
3216 New Mexico Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20016
Tel: 202 362 5122
Fax: 202 362 5225
Email: embantbar@aol.com